---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schIV/ptE"
level: "part"
label: "Part E"
heading: "Federal Payments for Foster Care, Prevention, and Permanency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schIV-ptE"
sections_count: 17
---

# Part E — Federal Payments for Foster Care, Prevention, and Permanency

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security › Subchapter IV — Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services

## Sections

- [§670. Congressional declaration of purpose; authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/670.md)
- [§671. State plan for foster care and adoption assistance](/usc/42/671.md)
- [§672. Foster care maintenance payments program](/usc/42/672.md)
- [§673. Adoption and guardianship assistance program](/usc/42/673.md)
- [§673a. Interstate compacts](/usc/42/673a.md)
- [§673b. Adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments](/usc/42/673b.md)
- [§673c. Repealed.](/usc/42/673c.md)
- [§674. Payments to States](/usc/42/674.md)
- [§675. Definitions](/usc/42/675.md)
- [§675a. Additional case plan and case review system requirements](/usc/42/675a.md)
- [§676. Administration](/usc/42/676.md)
- [§677. John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood](/usc/42/677.md)
- [§678. Rule of construction](/usc/42/678.md)
- [§679. Collection of data relating to adoption and foster care](/usc/42/679.md)
- [§679a. National Adoption Information Clearinghouse](/usc/42/679a.md)
- [§679b. Annual report](/usc/42/679b.md)
- [§679c. Programs operated by Indian tribal organizations](/usc/42/679c.md)